Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Humberto Mayol Photograph Collection
Date(s)
- 1990-2000 (Creation)
Extent
1 Box (34 photographs)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Humberto Mayol is an award-winning Cuban photographer and documentary filmmaker working with the Palomas Group of the National Film Institute of Cuba.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Humberto Mayol Photograph collection contains 34 black and white photographs of the Jewish community in Cuba taken by Havana-based photographer Humberto Mayol. These photographs were published in the book "An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba" by Ruth Behar (Rutgers UP, 2007).
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Preferred citation: Humberto Mayol Photograph Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Dr. Perri Lee Roberts, 2008.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Publication notes
The following published work is available for use in the Cuban Heritage Collection Reading Room:
An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba by Ruth Behar, 2007.
Notes element
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS).
Sources used
Archivist's note
Collection-level record by Juan A. Villanueva, June 2016. Updated January 2021.